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OKINOMIYA POLICE

You heard that already?

I was quite sure that Satoshi-kun was the culprit.

Please tell me. Who exactly is the true culprit?

I heard he's abnormal.

To tell the truth, the person was already dead

when the prefecture police called us.

Dead...?

What does that mean?

We're not sure if it was suicide or if he became deranged

when he was held at the prefecture police department.

Oh, right. In Hinamizawa, it's being said

that Satoshi-kun vanished because he was spirited away by the demon.

Could they be referring to Oyashiro-sama's curse?

That's ridiculous.

"EYE OPENING CHAPTER THREE:

DEMON'S BLOODLINE"

{OP}

{Episode}

SHISHIBONE CITY PUBLIC LIBRARY

The first year was the dam director's dismemberment.

The second year was the accident with Satoshi-kun's parents.

The third year was the sudden death of Furude Shrine's priest.

All were Sonozaki...

ENEMY

UNCOOPERATIVE

TRAITOR

And the aunt from the fourth year was a traitor's relative.

OYASHIRO-SAMA'S CURSE

Oyashiro-sama's curse, huh?

I'm sorry.

Did I surprise you?

N...No.

Are you Sonozaki Shion-san?

Are you my sis's friend?

Well, I guess you could say that.

I'm Takano Miyo.

You can call me Miyo. Okay, Shion-chan?

Oh, are you mad?

That's too bad.

I thought we'd get along well.

These are like my wild imaginings.

The serial mysterious deaths called Oyashiro-sama's curse.

Though each seems like a separate case,

they're definitely being done based on one intent.

Every year, one person dies due to Oyashiro-sama's curse,

and another disappears as a sacrifice.

O...One dies due to the curse, and another...

What's that?

So the number of sacrifices must match the number of deaths.

Sacrifice...?

I'm researching the ancient, unknown history of Hinamizawa.

The dark history.

Before the Meiji Era, Hinamizawa was called Onigafuchi Village.

You know a little about the dark history, don't you?

The history of human-eating demons.

The old stories about human-eating demons, yes.

Then do you know the stories about half-demon wizards

descending the mountain and kidnapping humans to feast on?

W...What's that about?

It's said they strapped victims down, and just like slicing a fish,

they dragged out the intestines and drifted them down the river.

See, that's where the phrase "Cotton Drifting" is derived from.

The Cotton Drifting Festival...?

These are the research notes. I can show them to you as a treat.

Oyashiro-sama's sacrifice ritual

is to drown the victim in Onigafuchi Swamp.

Into that bottomless swamp.

Then you're saying the previous years' victims are all in the swamp?

Could Satoshi-kun also...?

Want to look at it?

Kasai?

It's me.

C...Come in, Sis.

It seems like a quiet place.

How's life?

Well, the new school is boring, as expected.

I'm just attending, I guess.

Um, have your nails healed?

The wounds have closed...

but they're still crooked.

I guess I can't really show them to others.

I'm sorry.

You don't need to apologize.

You just enacted the next head's duties.

I don't hold a grudge.

I'm sorry.

Okay. I forgive everything.

Will you really forgive me?

Even the thing with Satoshi?

I knew that you liked Satoshi of course.

Well, I did admit it in front of all those people.

But Granny really thinks you showed responsibility with that.

If she didn't, that'd bother me,

since I went through that much pain.

I wonder where Satoshi went.

Right then, the demon awakened within me.

S...Sorry.

I really don't know anything about Satoshi.

You're lying.

It's true. Even Granny doesn't know. It's really true.

You're lying!

You had Satoshi-kun spirited away by the demon!

You, the Sonozaki family...

You guys!

Give him back.

Give me back my Satoshi-kun!

Mion, these are...

The same wounds... Exactly the same as mine...

It's too heartbreaking to only have your nails torn off.

Why only you, when we're twins?

Why?

I yelled at Granny

to leave you and Satoshi alone.

Then she said if you showed responsibility, she'd let it all go.

That's why you two could've lived your life without any problems.

But...

But Satoshi disappeared...

Believe me, Shion!

I really don't know why Satoshi disappeared.

Mion, I'm sorry. Were you in pain?

You were in more pain, weren't you?

I told the demon inside me that I believed Mion.

And at that time, I sealed away my feelings for Satoshi-kun

deep in my heart.

A year smoothly passed by after that day.

Until that day...

Ow.

Jeez, who in the world would park here?

Huh?

Deja vu?

Hey you!

It's like that time...

Come on...

That's enough!

What do you want?

Satoshi-kun?

Stop showing off!

You want to get beat up too?

Huh?

Huh?

T...Time out, time out. Violence isn't good.

Shut up!

Whoa.

Maebara-san, I called everyone!

Oh, shoot!

Go!

Are you all right, Mion?

I made sure not to see your teary face, so cheer up, okay?

Sis, it seems like you really like Kei-chan.

What would his charm be in one word?

Let's see...

I guess how funny he is.

We did our last club activity at the toy store, and...

I found out his name from Sis. His name is Maebara Keiichi.

He's one grade below me.

He recently moved to Hinamizawa.

And Sis likes him.

And...

Since Kei-chan helped fire things up, he was given a doll.

Are you saying you wanted it?

But Kei-chan didn't give it to me.

He said it didn't suit me.

He gave it to Rena. I want to start over.

I want to start over from the day we met,

and make sure he thinks of me as a girl.

Sis, you're being too serious. You can still make up for it.

It's not like there's a problem.

Yeah...

Don't act differently, be normal, and try to attract him naturally.

Also, make sure that Rena knows what's what.

Rena definitely is cute.

If there's a rival, you can't be slacking off.

Sis, tears have the power to attract guys,

but they can't keep them.

Keep smiling

and cry at certain points.

Sounds like a typical super-girly style.

Should I test it with Kei-chan too?

N...No, no!

Then do you want to race to see who wins his heart first?

No, no, never!

Shion, I'll run you out of town if you go there!

I'm glad, Sis.

I envy you for being able to worry about a guy you like.

I don't have a person like that.

No. It's nothing.

Even if they have a good time together, no one will blame them.

I won't be envious.

I won't be jealous.

Just because I was blamed doesn't mean I want her to be.

It'll be one year since Satoshi-kun disappeared.

The Cotton Drifting Festival will come again.

And on that day, when Kei-chan, who thought I was Mion,

was walking with me, we suddenly ran into Sis.

And that's how this mess started.

I am sick of how perverted Keiichi-san is.

He can't help it since he's a boy.

Mi-chan and Shi-chan, Keiichi-kun's troubled by this.

Sis, do you want to keep playing tug of war until Kei-chan tears apart?

This'll end if you stop pulling.

Go back to Okinomiya already!

Okay.

Sure, I'll do that.

Well, Kei-chan...

Sis might bite me if I tease her any more, so I'll go home now.

Hey, Shion.

Um, thanks for today.

Oh, that was nothing.

Then see you later, Shion.

See you later, Sis!

Never come back!

Rena, you guard! Satoko, set traps! Rika-chan, throw salt!

I'm sorry, Satoshi-kun.

Sorry.

I haven't forgotten about you.

I remember you clearly.

Life without you is just gray, lonely, and boring.

Then see you later, Shion.

It wasn't warm at all.

I wasn't happy.

I hate those who are so insensitive.

Satoshi-kun...

Satoshi-kun...

Satoshi-kun...

Satoshi-kun!

Where are you? Where?

Satoshi-kun?

So you were there.

Excuse me.

Oh, Shion-chan.

T...Takano-san!

This is the first time we've met, right?

I'm Tomitake.

I heard that you're Mion-chan's twin sister.

Nice to meet you.

I've also heard you're a skilled photographer.

One who sucks and can't sell much.

You haven't come to the library since that day.

As a fellow researcher, I wanted to discuss many more things.

Let's say that I'll go if I feel like it.

I guess I should get going now.

You're going to watch Rika-chan's dance too, aren't you?

To tell the truth, we're thinking of going into the ritual tool shrine.

But there's a padlock on it, and it's off-limits.

Jiro-san is good at many things.

If you don't mind, you should sneak by later.

This chance will never come again.

The ritual tool shrine... Lots of torture tools.

I might find out how Satoshi-kun was spirited away if I go there.

It's scary if I go alone, but if Kei-chan's with me...

Even if we're caught, Mion will forgive us for sure.

Is the place with a better view of the offering dance much further?

What? Who said that?

Tomitake-san.

That's the guardian god of Hinamizawa, Oyashiro-sama.

Oyashiro-sama...

If you're the one who erased Satoshi-kun, I'll never forgive you.

Never. I will never forgive you.

What Takano-san said was true.

In this village, the brutal custom has been continued.

Satoshi-kun?

Is that you, Satoshi-kun?

You are Satoshi-kun, aren't you?

It's not Satoshi-kun.

What's wrong, Shion?

Did you get scared?

It's tonight that Oyashiro-sama's curse will occur, isn't it?

Don't they hear this?

They're about to finish.

SONOZAKI

There's no helping it.

That youngster was too nosy.

Yes. We can't help it because she angered Oyashiro-sama.

The police are investigating it, but are you sure about that?

It's probably Takano-san.

"Angered Oyashiro-sama"...

"The police are investigating"...

"It's probably Takano-san"...

And the meaning of today.

Oyashiro-sama's curse happened for the fifth time!

Why are they saying Takano-san angered Oyashiro-sama?

They found out we snuck into the ritual shrine...

Have you ever experienced it?

The footsteps follow you

and it stands over your pillow and looks down at you at night.

Someone is observing you from far away.

Someone is always following.

The experiences he's going through

all foreshadow Oyashiro-sama's curse.

Then what's that?

From the time I snuck into the ritual shrine,

the thing that's been stalking me all along is...

{ED}

{Preview}

NEXT EPISODE

What you seek is slight comfort.

What you can see is a gallery of hatred.

Where you fell is beyond the darkness.

When They Cry.

"Eye Opening Chapter Four: The Revenge."

Can you believe it?